On January 03 2011 11:28 OmgIRok wrote:
Dude...... That drifting video is pro, but what the hell the engine sound starts to get pretty damn annoying after a few minutes

Ya he is so good at drifting. I guess the engine is pretty loud and can be annoying but I sort of like it.

On January 03 2011 11:34 ReketSomething wrote:
I do pen spinning a lot and i highly recommend you not start. First of all, it takes a lot of work and effort to learn and its not as easy as "ill do it by tomorrow"

Secondly, don't start because then you cant stop. If I hold a pen, I cant resist (its hard at least) and its highly distracting. Dont start. Also, its only impressive for a short while and after that it becomes annoying to the viewer.

edit: volkswagon penspinning commercial was hilarious

But it looks so fun!

I don't think I have the time to get really good at it but I wouldn't mind being able to do some finger passes.

On January 03 2011 12:28 eLiE wrote:
I'm gonna blame my big hands for not being able to do pen tricks. Drum stick tricks are a different story....

Watch this to the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8hF2YXTE3I

Lol that video is so funny

XXGeneration

United States625 Posts

January 03 2011 04:00 GMT

#23

I pen spin, and teachers get pissed at me.

Pretty much summarizes it for anyone in school.

Navi

5286 Posts

January 03 2011 04:01 GMT

#24

omg i cared about the penspinning until i watched that drifting

but hell i've seen mah korean buds do this all the time, too lazy to try it myself lol
good luck with it!

vlaric

United States412 Posts

January 03 2011 04:45 GMT

#25

i do a little pen spinning

the only thing i can do past the basic tricks is shadow, and even that's pretty basic itself lol

my fingerpass is pretty fast though

YejinYejin

United States1053 Posts

January 03 2011 04:49 GMT

#26

I do the "Charge." Learned it four years ago, and now it's just kind of a habit when I have a pen in my hand. I also do the version where it switches between your fingers.

I can do the thumb-around, but with very low accuracy. I'll land it maybe 20% of the time.

It's just something to fidget with. All cool, though.

DivinO

United States4796 Posts

January 03 2011 04:58 GMT

#27

Apart from the Skullcandy Skullcrusher headphone in-line bass thing and the microsoft wireless mouse... I wouldn't be surprised if the video maker was a TL member. :-P

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

January 03 2011 05:00 GMT

#28

On January 03 2011 13:58 DivinO wrote:
Apart from the Skullcandy Skullcrusher headphone in-line bass thing and the microsoft wireless mouse... I wouldn't be surprised if the video maker was a TL member. :-P

i actually thought he would a fabulous SC player till i saw the wireless mouse. damn its terrible

Chimpalimp

United States1135 Posts

January 03 2011 05:31 GMT

#29

Pen spinning is pretty sweet.

Ken block is outstanding he might have as good control as jaedong.... maybe.

If you like this drifting video, check out him in the impreza, its pretty badass.

SpoR

United States1542 Posts

January 03 2011 06:00 GMT

#30

My friend is ok at pen spinning stuff, I never cared about it. I was always interested in Balisongs (butterfly knives). That shit is way cooler anyways. This guy pretty good

PS- This thread made me think of those new commercials about buying a car or something. The salesmen are spinning pens the entire commercial while walking around and shit. There are at least 2 of them.

yea here they are. I originally though this hand was super imposed but I just read the guy was found on youtube or something and its real.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

January 03 2011 07:07 GMT

#31

i can do some basic stuff like sonic, charge, fingerpass, thumbaround and thumbaround reverse (i do these back and forth often) but not much aside from that. its just something for fingers to do when bored lol. i think i learned in high school

cool vids btw

mardi

United States1164 Posts

January 03 2011 07:13 GMT

#32

A friend of mine does all that crazy pen spinning. Its pretty amazing, wish I could do it but I don't have the time to practice lol.

johndavis

94 Posts

January 03 2011 07:43 GMT

#33

Oh man I have so many mods it's a shame to think about how much money I've spent lol.

mtvacuum

United States979 Posts

January 03 2011 08:48 GMT

#34

i highly recommend taking up pen spinning, especially if you're in high school since then you automatically have a lot of time during class to practice. You should put a sweater or something on your desk so you don't make a big noise every time you mess up. Everything you need can be found at http://forum.upsb.info/ which is basically the teamliquid of pen spinning, and they have a wiki too with most known tricks, hybrids, and combos.

start with the fundamentals, which are thumbaround, sonic, charge, and fingerpass. Mastering all of them shouldn't take more than a week if you practice everyday whenever you have the chance. Then learn their reverses and then you can start learning other basic tricks such as shadows, infinities, backarounds etc. I recommend getting an RSVP for your first spinning pen. Learning a new trick is always frustrating since you'll drop many times, but just stay with it and eventually you'll master it.

johndavis

94 Posts

January 13 2011 04:40 GMT

#35

On January 03 2011 17:48 mtvacuum wrote:
i highly recommend taking up pen spinning, especially if you're in high school since then you automatically have a lot of time during class to practice. You should put a sweater or something on your desk so you don't make a big noise every time you mess up. Everything you need can be found at http://forum.upsb.info/ which is basically the teamliquid of pen spinning, and they have a wiki too with most known tricks, hybrids, and combos.

start with the fundamentals, which are thumbaround, sonic, charge, and fingerpass. Mastering all of them shouldn't take more than a week if you practice everyday whenever you have the chance. Then learn their reverses and then you can start learning other basic tricks such as shadows, infinities, backarounds etc. I recommend getting an RSVP for your first spinning pen. Learning a new trick is always frustrating since you'll drop many times, but just stay with it and eventually you'll master it.

Are you using the hgg tip for your MX? because they are really hard to find TT.

omgCRAZY

Canada551 Posts

January 13 2011 04:56 GMT

#36

On January 03 2011 16:43 iSeeNubs wrote:
Oh man I have so many mods it's a shame to think about how much money I've spent lol.

Ya I have been working on it. I don't have any of the mods though. Not really sure where to get them so I have just been using whatever pen I have around at the time. I have been doing the fingerpass. I am still super slow at it and it does not look fluid at all but it is nice to fidget with when I am not doing anything.

Doing the thumb around is super frustrating since I launch my pen or it falls almost everytime I try it.

Ack1027

United States7873 Posts

January 13 2011 05:09 GMT

#37

Topics about pen spinning come up every so often. I learned all this shit on my own without anything from the internet [ before youtube ] or other people. My friends and I learned to do this in middle school cuz we were bored in class with nothing to do. I'm pretty sure I created like 3-4 tricks but I didn't name them or anything cuz I didn't think it was important. I would watch world championships of pen-spinning and just laugh cuz they were so bad. During middle school it was hilarious because the whole pen spinning thing blew up and a lot of people would ask me how I did it or try to ' battle me ' [ LOL to be in middle school again ]

I also think custom-modding pens just for spinning is laughable. There are many pens that are made as they are which are challenging and show true skill. Don't get me wrong I think its cool there is a community for this, but they went about it the completely wrong way. I guess to make an analogy you could say I am a fan of street basketball rather than college basketball.

Here is a video I posted on TL back in 2004.

You can search the threads if you want proof. I'm in my 20's now so this was like 6~ years ago. I'm still at the same level since I never wanted to improve or learn the new tricks that were made by the pen spinning community.

Edit: You'll notice the drums in the back. I picked that up in high school. I knew how to do pen tricks before I learned the drums, although it did transfer over and let me do cool drum stick tricks.

vyyye

Sweden3917 Posts

January 13 2011 06:46 GMT

#38

Y'know how people say "Take your hand off your crotch and uncross your legs", well, never applied to me. Right hand on mouse, left hand spinning pen ever since I learnt it. Shit, it has to be annoying for anyone else in the room.

Never bothered with anything advanced though, don't really care that much. But uh, as people have said I'd suggest not learning it. I get annoyed every time I sit somewhere and realize I don't have a pen handy.

mtvacuum

United States979 Posts

January 13 2011 08:38 GMT

#39

On January 13 2011 13:40 iSeeNubs wrote:

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Are you using the hgg tip for your MX? because they are really hard to find TT.

here is a list of HGG substitutes http://www.upsb.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hybrid_Gel_Grip_substitutes , also this site has pre-made mods for sale http://penwish.com/index.php?cPath=121_90

johndavis

94 Posts

January 17 2011 23:58 GMT

#40